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Wetherby, Lawrence W. (Lawrence Winchester), 1908-

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Governor. Born in Middletown, Ky., Wetherby was elected Lieutenant Governor of Ky. in 1947, and became the state's 48th Governor in 1950 when Governor Clements was elected to the U.S. Senate. The following year, Wetherby was elected to a full term, during which time he encouraged public education, conservation measures, and mental health reforms. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on school desegregation in 1954 was supported by Wetherby. In 1956 Wetherby was defeated in ...

Kentucky. Governor (1987-1991 : Wilkinson)

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Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991

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Governor of Kentucky, Judge, Lawyer Bert T. Combs was born in Clay County, Kentucky in 1911. He attended Cumberland College, and he graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School in 1937. After graduating with his law degree and serving in World War II, Combs began his rise in politics. Serving as judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Combs ran unsuccessfully for the governor's office in 1955. His attempt at the state's helm four years later made him Kentucky's 4...

Kentucky. Governor (1927-1931 : Sampson)

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Kentucky. Governor (1939-1943 : Johnson)

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Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn)

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Kentucky. Office of the Governor

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Republican William S. Taylor only served as Governor of Kentucky from December 12, 1899 to January 31, 1900, after the General Assembly challenged and overturned his victory. In turn, the governorship was awarded to Taylor's Democratic rival William Goebel. After Goebel's death, Taylor was indicted as an accessory to the shooting. He fled to Indiana where he was granted exile by that state's governor, who refused to extradite Taylor back to Kentucky. Taylor was pardoned by Republican Governor Au...

Willis, Simeon S., 1879-1965

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Simeon Willis, governor of Kentucky during 1943-47, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1879, to John H. and Abigail Slavens Wills. His family moved to Greenup County, Kentucky, around 1889. Willis studied law under private tutors and eventually becam a lawyer and opened a practice in Ashland at the turn of the century. He married Idah Lee Millis of Cattlesburg, Kentucky on April 14, 1920. They had one daughter, Sally Lesley Willis, who married Lt. Henry Meigs II on December 30, 1944 and had o...

Kentucky. Governor (1955-1959 : Chandler)

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Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970

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Politician, Governor of Kentucky (1939-1943), journalist, businessman, and government official: Undersecretary of U.S. Department of Labor (1946-1947). From the description of Papers, 1896-1970. (Eastern Kentucky University). WorldCat record id: 29343373 Forty-second governor of Kentucky. From the description of Papers, 1870-1970. (Eastern Kentucky University). WorldCat record id: 33257103 ...

Breathitt, Edward T., 1924-

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Edward Thompson Breathitt was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on November 26, 1924 to Edward T. and Mary Jo (Wallace) Breathitt. He enlisted in the Army Air Force and served from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Mr. Breathitt graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce in 1948 and a law degree in 1950. Upon receipt of the law degree, he joined a local law firm in Hopkinsville, Ky. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1950. Mr. Breathitt was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives i...

Kentucky. Governor (1974-1979 : Carroll)

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Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs)

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Kentucky. Governor (1935-1939 : Chandler)

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Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins)

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Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991

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Happy Chandler was Major League Baseball Commissioner (1945-1951). Jim Gallagher, a sports wirter, had a long career in baseball. He served on the Playing rules Committee and as the Director of Amateur and College Baseball for the Commissioner's office during the tenures of Chandler, Frick, Eckert and Kuhn. prior to his time with the Commissioner's office, he was the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs and Scouting Director for the Phillies. From the description of Letter, 1965, Febr...

Kentucky. Governor (1979-1983 : Brown)

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Kentucky. Governor (1947-1950 : Clements)

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Nunn, Louie B., 1924-

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Carroll, Julian M., 1931- .

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Collins, Martha Layne, 1936-

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Martha Layne Collins (née Hall; born December 7, 1936) is an American former businesswoman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky; she was elected as the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987, the first woman to hold the office and the only one to date. Prior to that, she served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, under John Y. Brown, Jr. Her election made her the highest-ranking Democratic woman in the U.S. She was considered as a possible running mate for Democratic presid...

Kentucky. Governor (1943-1947 : Willis)

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Jones, Brereton

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Ford, Wendell H., 1924-

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Kentucky governor, U.S. senator. Ford, a native of Daviess county, Kentucky, attended the University of Kentucky and the Maryland School of Insurance. After returning from service in the Army during World War II, he joined his family's insurance firm in Owensboro, Ky. He served as chief administrative assistant to Governor Bert T. Combs, and was elected as Democratic state senator in 1965. In 1967, he was elected lieutenant governor to serve with Republican governor Loui...

Kentucky. Governor (1931-1935 : Laffoon)

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Sampson, Flem D., 1875-1967.

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Kentucky. Governor (1971-1974 : Ford)

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Kentucky. Governor (1991-1995 : Jones)

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Brown, John Percival, 1933-

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Kentucky. Governor (1950-1955 : Wetherby)

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Wilkinson, Wallace G.

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Laffoon, Ruby, 1869-1941

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Kentucky. Governor

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As defined in Kentucky's first constitution, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky functions as the head of the executive branch of government and is responsible for the execution of the laws of the Commonwealth and for the protection and promotion of the general welfare of its citizens. The governor was originally elected by an electoral college, but since Kentucky's second constitution in 1799, he/she has been directly elected by the state's eligible voters. In ...

Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985

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Union County's Earle C. Clements Day occurred on October 20, 1973 in Morganfield, Kentucky. The event celebrated the political career of former United States Congressman and Governor of Kentucky, Earle Clements. From the description of Earle C. Clements photograph albums, 1973-1980. (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 671958792 Earle C. Clements (b. Oct. 20, 1896, Morganfield, Ky.-d. Mar. 12, 1985, Morganfield, Ky.), served in the Kentucky State Senate and as a re...

Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt)

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John Breathitt, Kentucky's eleventh governor, was elected in 1832. He was the only Jacksonian Democrat elected governor between 1828 and 1850, and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office. John Breathitt was born September 9, 1786 in New London, Virginia. In 1805 the family moved to Kentucky and settled in Russellville in Logan County. Though his schooling was meager, Breathitt learned enough to become both a teacher and a surveyor. While neither job paid partic...